Help on Health & Safety

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Does anyone know where I'll find the H & S policy on running a small business i.e Sandwich Shop. Basically I need to find out what the law is with regards to having tables and chairs outside your shop.

 

Can't find nowt anywhere

 

TIA

[duckerDavies 0]

Think you need to find out how small the counter can be first

[Gemmill 47463]

Had a quick look on the HSE website and can't see anything there. Is that not a by-law thing rather than a Health and Safety issue though?

[Dr Kenneth Noisewater 0]

I'd go through your local council for that.

[Gemmill 47463]

Euphemism.

[peasepud 59]

Wacky is running a sandwich shop?

 

explains why I was shittin through the eye of a needles this afternoon tbh

[Radgina 1]

Wacky is running a sandwich shop?

 

explains why I was shittin through the eye of a needles this afternoon tbh

did you eat in his shop ???

[Rob W 0]

Lots of people will sell you a guide or charge even more to do it for you

 

Mainly tho its common sense plus DOCUMENTATION - you write down you're going to do an assesment, you write down the assesement , you write down what has to be done, and you write down what you did and when - and you kleep doing it every year.............

 

keep it all neat and tidy in a file

 

post the correct notices in view

 

Make sure people DO clean their hands etc etc

 

I'd start here :-

 

http://www.hse.gov.uk/smallbusinesses/index.htm

 

for Food Safety I'd call your local inspector and ask for advice - they are normally very pleased to set you on the right lines rather than come round and inspect you - looks good on your (written) record as well............

 

We did a Fire Safety thing ourselves in a couple of odffices - didn't take very long and we did find a couple of things we really needed to fix

[Fop 1]

Lots of people will sell you a guide or charge even more to do it for you

 

Mainly tho its common sense plus DOCUMENTATION - you write down you're going to do an assesment, you write down the assesement , you write down what has to be done, and you write down what you did and when - and you kleep doing it every year.............

 

Only taken to the nth degree where it stops being sensible and you start having step ladder training courses and wearing 2 metre safety harnesses for falls of LESS than 2 metres.

[Rob W 0]

You know you've got it right when you get to that sort of point TBH

 

We moved the recycling bin from the office hallway as "if it burst into flames it would block a fire exit" = 5*

[ChezGiven 0]

Keith Lard is your man.

[catmag 337]

Keith Lard is your man.

 

"Laugh or burn son. Take your pick"

[Fop 1]

You know you've got it right when you get to that sort of point TBH

 

We moved the recycling bin from the office hallway as "if it burst into flames it would block a fire exit" = 5*

 

Nah, removing or reducing genuine risk is fine.

 

But having to wear a 2 metre drop harness for a drop of less than 2 metres is not only insanely jobsworth (as it would do nothing to "save" you from any fall), it actually increases the risk of a fall in the first place (due to tangling increasing the possibility of a fall and indeed increased injury in being tangled in said fall).

 

 

Ironically most H&S organisations (CHAS and such) don't actually like it if you are extremely safe and don't have accidents (I guess it makes them worried about their own existence).